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Title: Climate Connections


1
Climate Connections
  • By DCMS Lego team Charging Panthers

2
Climate and Weather
  • The difference between weather and climate is
    that weather is a change in our environment, and
    climate is a change in our environment over a
    long period of time. Our climate problem that
    well be talking about today are droughts.

3
Climate Change Problems in Kentucky
  • Droughts occur when water is so scarce that the
    existence of life becomes threatened. This is a
    major problem in our community, and it most
    definitely needs to be fixed.

http//scienceandpublicpolicy.org/originals/kentuc
ky_climate_profile.html
4
Droughts
  • Droughts are also a climate problem in
    Mozambique, Africa. To solve this problem, Skylab
    astronauts take pictures of Africa to discover
    possible water sources. Here is a picture of
    drought-stricken Mozambique.

5
The Significant Drought in Kentucky
  • The largest drought in Daviess County history
    started on September 9, 1999 at 1201 A.M. and
    ended on September 30, 1999 1159P.M. It
    destroyed 154,000,000 crops in this county. There
    were no deaths or injuries after this drought,
    but 21 other counties in Kentucky were affected
    by it.
  • This picture to the
  • right was taken
  • after the 2007 drought
  • in Kentucky.

6
Mr. Hardy
  • We contacted a professor from the Department of
    Agriculture named Mr. Hardy. We asked him a few
    questions and here is what he responded with

7
How Has Drought Affected Us Over the Years?
  • Mr. Hardy says It has made our land very dry
    and it has destroyed millions of crops in our
    county. It has cost us millions and millions of
    dollars throughout history.

8
How Many Droughts Have We Had Over the Past 10 or
15 Years?
  • Mr. Hardy says There werent many severe
    droughts. But weve had a minimum of 8 or 9
    droughts in the past ten or fifteen years.

9
How Many Crops Have Been Damaged from these
Droughts?
  • Mr. Hardy says All of the crops that we have
    produced have been damaged by droughts, but other
    counties crops have been affected too.

10
Has Droughts Been A Major Issue in Daviess County?
  • Mr. Hardy says We endured a major drought in
    2007, and another one in 2008. So the problem of
    lower rainfall HAS affected Daviess County.

11
How Can We Solve the Problem of Droughts in
Daviess County?
  • Mr. Hardy says Droughts are a very difficult
    problem to solve. A solution is to start planting
    crops early, also to conserve moisture.

12
Is There Any Emergency Supply of Water in Case of
A Drought?
  • Mr. Hardy lastly says There are some forms,
    like springs and under wells, that the farmers
    can use to pump the water up to the surface. We
    also have the Green River as an emergency supply
    of water.
  • Underground Spring Green
    River

13
Solutions
  • Another solution to destroy droughts are
  • Using aquifers to store extra water underground
  • Try to rethink your water storage technique and
    make it better

14
Resources
  • http//www.idcide.com
  • http//www.water.ky.gov
  • Clint Hardy from The University of Kentuckys
    Department of Agriculture
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